WVBR's weekend lineup includes several specialty shows offering a unique variety of music to our listeners. Don't stop partway through the list!

Saturday

• Salsumbo -- 6 am to 9 am
  Don't limit yourself to American tunes. Catch the current Latin music that's sweeping the world.

• Crossroads -- 9 am to 1 pm
  A wonderful mix of blues from Chicago to the Delta, even hopping across the pond from time to time.

• Saturday Swing -- 1 to 3 pm
  Each Saturday, DJ Kurt will share his favorites from the dance floors and ballrooms, including Jitterbug, Shag, Lindy Hop, and West Coast Swing.

• The Ultimate '80s Show -- 3 to 6 pm
  Join DJ Nicky Wood for your favorites from the 1980s! It's three hours of the news, the stories, and the music that made the '80s an electric decade.

• Rockin Remnants -- 6 to 9 pm
  One of the country's longest running Oldies shows, offering the best rock of the '50s, '60s, and '70s. Now in a longer time slot!

Saturday Night

• Ithaska -- 9 pm to Midnight
  The area's only ska and rocksteady show offers all the old-school, two-tone and third-wave ska that you can handle. Ithaska may be delayed or pre-empted by hockey and/or basketball games this winter.

• Last Exit for the Lost -- Midnight to 6 am
  A cohesive whole combining Metal, Industrial, Gothic, Doom, Progressive, Hardcore, Punk, Death, Grindcore, Noizecore, Heavy, Dark, Strange, Underground...

Sunday

• The Salt Creek Show -- 6 am to 10 am
  One of WVBR's oldest favorites, with old-time string band music, country, bluegrass, and more! Contact Salt Creek at saltcreek@wvbr.com.

• Nonesuch -- 10 am to 2:30 pm
  It's (mostly) acoustic music, in the folk tradition! Check out the new Nonesuch web page.

• Vinyl Departure -- 2:30 - 4:30 pm
  Sunday afternoons, WVBR plays an eclectic mix of classic and modern rock ranging from the studio cuts you've heard to the outtakes and live recordings you're unlikely to hear anywhere else.

• Miles Ahead -- 4:30 to 6:30 pm
  Tune in as Kevin Lowe, WVBR's jazz connoisseur, explores the world of jazz, focusing on classic jazz.

• This Sunday -- 6:30 to 7 pm
  A closer look at issues of the day, focusing on local people and organizations. Your host, Laura Granka, interviews the people making it happen.

• Sports Roundup -- 7 to 8 pm
  Ithaca's most popular call-in show, with a complete scan of the weekend's sports goings-on, locally and around the world, plus interviews, discussion about the issues and events, and Tune In for Trivia, when you can answer questions and win prizes.

• Bound For Glory -- 8 to 11 pm
  The longest-running regular live folk concert broadcast anywhere, BFG brings tomorrow's folk celebrities to Ithaca today. BFG recently celebrated its 1,000th live concert!

• The Amazing Rock and Roll Extravaganza -- 11 pm to 2 am
  Tune in to WVBR on Sunday nights with DJ's Mike McGurk and Gurzo to celebrate the end of the weekend and the beginning of the week. Why would you want to do that? Simple, it's the return to Rock and Roll on WVBR. We'll be playing the best rock - classics, modern, local, live - digging deeper into albums and playing new stuff by artists you don't hear on the radio (and not because they're bad). As always, we love requests so be sure and call us up. God Bless the Rock and Roll!

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